MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 91, 15 September 1874, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

CHRISTOHURCH. Tuesday, September 15. [Before C. C. Bowen, Esq., R.M.] DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Thomas Taylor, for being drunk at the Railway Station, was fined 10s. Matthew Percy, for drunkenness and indecent exposure, was fined 203. Wm H. Derry, for being drunk, was fined 40s ; James Peterson, 10s ; and J. Rogsted, 10s. DRUNK WHILE IN CHARGE OP A HORSE AND TRAP. Charles Cooper and Martha Cooper were charged with this offence. The accused had been found the previous evening by Constable Marley, lying drunk in a ditch on the Riccarton road, and a horse and trap standing alongside of them. Cooper said that he and his wife had been out for a drive to Springston to see a friend. On their return home his wife 6aid that he was not driving right, and he told her that he had charge of the ribbons and would drive as he liked, but he'd take her safe home. She then tried to get out of the trap and fell into the ditch, and he got out to help her and fell in too, and there they both stuck. A young man (Constable Marley) then came up and said he'd drive them safe home, and instead of doing that he drove them to the station, which was a jolly shame. His Worship administered a very severe lecture, and fined the defendants £5 between them, and 8s costs, LUNACY FROM DRINK. James Faulkner, who had been remanded for medical treatment, was again brought up. Mr Reston, chief gaoler, said the man was now recovered. As this was not the first time the accused had been before the Court on this charge, his Worship fiDed him 40s, or 49 hours in default. KAIAPOI. Monday. September 14. ["Before G. L. Mellish, Esq., R.M., and J, Birch, Esq.] BOROUGH BY-LAWS. J. Beswick was charged with allowing a hollow on his section in Raven aud Hilton streets to remain undrained or filled up after notice had been seut by the Borough Council requesting him to abate a nuisance arising from stagnant water. Accused did not appear,

The Mayor stated the particulars of the case. The Council did not press for a peralty or wish to put accused to any expense ; they had sent him notice a month ago that the nuisance must be done away with, and last week he agreed to put an end to it in tw entyfour hours. The Council undertook, if he found tiles, to put them in so as to drain the water through Raven street to the river, but the pipes did not arrive till Saturday, and the nuisance was still not removed, and part of the section must also be filled up to force the water into the pipes. The Court might make an order that if the nuisance was not removed within one week a penalty, under the by-laws, should be enforced for every day it remained. The Bench made an order that the nuisance must be removed within one week to the satisfaction of the. sanitary committee of the Borough Council, or a penalty of 40s a day would be inflicted for every day the nuisance might afterwards exist. DOG NUISANCE ORDINANCE. In the case of S. Garrett, fined for a breach of this Ordinance, the police stated the fine and costs (255) had not been paid, and accused had no goods to levy on. Order made for a warrant to be issued to imprison accused for one week. PURLICHOUSE ORDINANCE. An extension of license was granted to W. Harris, Kaikainui Hotel, for the ball under the auspices of the brass band. CIVIL CASES. W. Harris v Geo. Markham, claim lis. No appearance of defendant. The Resident Magistrate—l see this is a grog score. I will not give judgment for a grog score. Plaintiff—That is poor protection for persons who have to pay for a license. The Resident Magistrate—You can't recover, and I cannot give judgment. Plaintiff—Well, that is hard lines, the defendant admits it. The Resident Magistrate—You should not give credit. Plaintiff—We cannot help doing so sometimes. The Resident Magistrate— Then you must take the risk. The case is dismissed. This concluded the business of the day.